Waaaaaahh!! I'm important and people make decisions based on what I say and do! If you don't believe me just ask me. I want what I want and I won't take no for an answer for what I want for free.

This is what I get from hearing about influencers. I see pictures in stories about them and the prevailing themes seem to be vanity, self absorption, ego mania, and wanting lots of people to pay attention to them and what they say and do. Maybe I'm missing something. This influencer trend seems to be part of the entitlement generation and wanting everything for free given to them by the govt. or someone else. The influence any of them have on me is about as much as the influence i get from the rock in my back yard. I like to think I'm intelligent enough and have enough common sense to make up my own mind and in the right way.

Braniff77 is fully aware that there was no email from CP, that the printouts were fake. Braniff77's point is that Ng was greedy in trying to commit the fraud a SECOND time, and it was especially stupid because the fake email was for HK to JFK rather than from JFK to HK.

3000 followers on Instagram hardly an Influencer.. but either way these influencer brand deals are proving not to be worth much at alL. There are enough aviation bloggers that actually get on early, cover the new biz class amenities properly - what would she really do to help Cathay.. lol stay in your lane. Enjoy the free jeans you receive to “influence” and move on lol

not aviation, but am hearing about many similar examples where "influencers" are asking restaurants for free meal in exchange for a good review. Had to laugh where a local coffee place did a reverse review on the "influencer" where so much negative crap ended up in the Tweenstabook account it was shut down.

Wverr notice how most of these so called social media influencers are for the most part whiny self entitled millenials?For a living they do nothing.They use threats of bad publicity against whomever as means to extort what they want And just to get rid of the influencers, whomever is the target, usually will cave.Instead of finding a career and doing honest work, these influencers are borderline criminals.

Maybe I'm still "young" enough to get the "influencer" thing. Influencers are independent/self-employed ad agencies. And like any ad agency, or any business, you have those who will treat it as a business and conduct business in a "business-like" manner. And you will have others who just want to ride the wave of "the next best thing". How is an influencer reaching out to a business asking for some type of relationship no different than a sales person cold-calling the same business?

The only difference is that the sales person will take a No and move on (and be/should be professional about it). The Bad influencers will go to their social media and try to make a sob poor me story.

Where in the story, apart from in its headline and in one sub-head, does the text of the story state that Cathay Pacific Airways actually banned the woman for life?

I've read the story pretty carefully and I can answer my own question: nowhere does the story itself say she was banned for life. The story specifically states that the refusal of carriage was only for any sectors covered by that particular ticket.

So here we have an apparently gratuitous example of a writer or his editor deliberately using a misleading click-bait headline to get people to make a story sound much more sensational than in fact it is.

While the story does indicate that the woman in question may well have received a timely measure of justified comeuppance from Cathay Pacific Airways, perhaps I, as an aviation writer of long standing, might suggest that Cathay Pacific should consider banning the writer and his editor from flying with the airline because of their attempts at hyperbole?

I agree that this key information is not found in this article. But looking at several other sites that published this story, it seems clear that Jacqueline Ng is the one claiming she is banned for life. This is one reference to her claims: "She said that she waited at check-in for 30 minutes, after which a member of staff accused her of trying to get an upgrade with a fake email. They then cancelled her ticket, citing fraud, and banned her from ever flying with the airline."

Given her propensity for telling fibs, her being banned could very well be false, just her trying to get more attention.

In any case, before making such a claim in the headline, a responsible journalist would certainly verify it first with Cathay. It is also very possible that Cathay would choose to not go public with such information, for legal reasons.

This article seems to be written by someone that actually tried to get the details right, and it seems to imply that Jacqueline is the one claiming to be banned for life, since Cathay is not making public comments:https://www.elliott.org/airline-problems/ask-for-upgrade-kicked-off-your-flight/

I'm guessing that's where the banned for life came from? The letter may included the statement that all future requests for carriage will also be denied. So not explicitly stated but possibly inferred?

Oh boo hoo! The spoiled children of late need to grow up and understand that just because you are does not mean you are entitled, you have to EARN privileges..social media influences my behind, just another con...

She is just another self-important person trying to get something that they are not entitled to. If Cathay Pacific did ban her for life (not really specified in the artile), she deserves every bit of it.

There are some posts here questioning or ridiculing people identifying as "influencer". Just saw something on a program last night, and depending on your view, it's either disturbing or interesting. The program, "Million Dollar Listing" as showing the realtor's party to bring attention to the property he was representing...he made note to get as many influencers to attend as possible, banking on them to spread the word about the property. Seems they actually do serve a function - for some.

The realtor is being a cheapskate by not doing business the correct way and paying for marketing. "there is no shortcut to greatness"...If one wants big rewards, put in the hard work.Influencers are legends in their own tiny minds, Here..." I'f you give me something which you made or provide and thus if not paid for. costs you money, for free, I'll give you a good review"....What the influencer doesn't tell the merchant is f the influencer DOES NOT receive the freebies, they will trash the business. THAT.....Is extortion.

A YouTube travel influencer was raving about a particular airline's business class to which he was given a free upgrade. I commented on his channel that credibility is lost when freebies are accepted. He angrily replied that he paid for the flight, just not the upgrade and that somehow made me an idiot and him a credible reviewer.

I may have missed something in the article, but it seems to me Cathay took a very round about way of attempting to confirm the authenticity of the email. I wonder why they simply didn't go directly to the Cathay employee who allegedly authored the document.

It is written in CP's last cited communication: "We verified with R**** and understand that he did not send any such emails to you. We also cross-checked our email systems and confirmed no emails were delivered to you on the date and time as indicated in your emails."

What ever happened to the days when they peeled a sticker off a sheet for the airplane and stuck it on your boarding pass? It was so easy to put $50 in the correct palm and get a sticker for the first two rows.